#WW2

LET’S FRY UP THE BEEF CAH THEY CHAT TOO LOOSE Need mad mad retweets if you want this one Thursday #FuckBoris #WW2 pic.twitter.com/e78Dgd3SNb

April 1943, Tunisia. Spitfires Mark VB with Vokes filters, from 417 Squadron. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/2XDr66S3tz

Love this. Not posed, directly after a mission. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/nMZDwr7FQT

Pvt. Kenner, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division, depends on a bazooka to help him guard the road at Foy, Belgium. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/rNhOKv7DbV

Since New Year's Day, troops of the 26th Infantry Division were engaged in a series of attacks towards the Wiltz River, Luxembourg, but couldn't break through the German lines. Two battle-weary soldiers of the "Yankee" Division at Wiltz. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/fyk8Mq4jU8

DIY shop in 1942. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/3ezZO4ZfXu

Abandoned German tanks, middle Don region, December 1942. #tanks #history #ww2 pic.twitter.com/eLTqMGtrr6

T-34-85 tanks driving in snow. The water soluble whitewash applied in winter is heavily worn, suggesting that the time is likely closer to spring. #tanks #history #ww2 pic.twitter.com/su3g5Jkcww

British soldiers of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division march through Hotton, Belgium, January 1945. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/yZOO21EoIk

#OTD in 1941, Galashiels area. How did they fare in war, I often think. (The men, I mean.) Universal carriers from 2/5 Leicestershire. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/yBMmT2HzmI

Belgian volunteers of the 5th Special Air Service (SAS) in a specially modified jeep during reconnaissance missions in support of the British 6th Airborne Division at Bure, January 1945. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/v0ug6GtQev

#OTD in 1943, Shorn area. Formerly recognisable as a P-47D Thunderbolt. "Well then I've had a slight crash and I'm slightly injured", said the pilot afterwards. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/WttmRYgfUq

Soviet troops driving a captured Panther in Poland, 1944. #tanks #history #ww2 pic.twitter.com/gdZ3eOzjEY

The next project, World War 2 Italians, North Africa. Complete this project I started over 10 years ago, maybe 12 years ago. 6mm Heroics and Ros figures. #6mm #heroicsandros #ww2 pic.twitter.com/99X4BSoCP4

Sgt. Wadsworth, US 2nd Armored Division, wears a mask which he has made from an army-issue scarf, to protect his face from the cold wind, January 1945. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/mHpriVvtca

American paratroopers of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment take care of a resident of Manhay who refused to leave the village during the heavy fighting in December. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/UJgR15rQfs

The 17th Airborne Division, supported by the 630th Tank Battalion, attacked at Mande Saint-Etienne and Flamierge west of Bastogne. The fighting for the ’Dead Man’s Ridge’ cost the 17th Airborne Division a loss of 275 men on this unit’s first day of battle alone. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/yshGiK79od

Soldiers of the US 99th Infantry Division attend a Christian service on New Year's Eve in the Ardennes. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/PduZpwmHHD

The German 36th Volksgrenadier Division and 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division made it to Rimling and Achen, part of Operation Nordwind, but were stopped by the US 44th and 100th Infantry Division. Further attacks on this sector were called off. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/Znk6yxPJsc

This epic telegram was sent by #WW2 RAF pilot JB Nicolson to his wife shortly after hearing he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross. His hand was badly burned in action and when told it was to be set in one position, he asked for it to be shaped to the throttle of his hurricane. pic.twitter.com/9wEY9gX9GD